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web annotation tool
SHOW HN2010
90points
54comments
#16of 370 in 2010
Top 5%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 5 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful, quick tool for annotating pages
From 4 comments
Great work. Bookmarked it. 2 questions: 1) Is there a way to erase or reset the drawing in case i bungle it up? 2) It'd be brilliant if you could collaborate using the same URL.…
desigooner on HNThis is awesome. We use diigo right now for tagging pages and sharing them but it is pretty weak. The ability to login & keep a history of your markups to share with others in…
sv123 on HNThis is amazing the tool itself is intuitive and easy to use, but powerful. The only thing I would say needs a bit of work is your website. Declutter it, and make it more like…
3pt14159 on HNThis is pretty awesome, I might be using it a lot!
jnoller on HN
Compared favorably to Notable and Coda Notes
From 2 comments
I like this a lot, and for quick notes it's easier than Notable. I like the implementation as a bookmarklet, but here are two big problems: 1) Starting MarkUp clears any info…
mmmmax on HNIt's pretty similar to Coda Notes, but Markup seems to be much more professional. Also, Coda Notes is only for Safari, so that's one disadvantage they have.
lotusleaf1987 on HN
Objections
Drawing bugs across browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE9)
From 5 comments
cool idea. just wanted to point out that drawing (with the circle) is a bit buggy on mac chrome 6.0.472.63. I've posted a screenshot of me writing the word "hack" here:…
thesystemis on HNVery nice work! I'm seeing a bug in the drawing demo on the front page. I can draw the first line and it works as expected, but if I release the mouse and try to draw a second…
ccc3 on HNSeems to have a bug - on Mac/FF, I generally get the free-form no matter which tool I click on, although at one point I got the circle when the free-form tool was highlighted,…
0xFF on HNOn Firefox 3.6.10/Win7, I get this: http://i.imgur.com/cNt7g.png Each number was drawn individually as shown. Each number took longer before showing up on the page, to the point…
pseudonym on HNthis looks quite helpful, works on Chrome, but not on IE9 when I used the published url
volida on HN
No cancel or close option
From 2 comments
I like this a lot, and for quick notes it's easier than Notable. I like the implementation as a bookmarklet, but here are two big problems: 1) Starting MarkUp clears any info…
mmmmax on HNObviously you've already added it to your list, but just for feedback, this is the biggest thing I'm missing right now too (no cancel or close). The history is amazing and I'm…
proexploit on HN
Form data cleared when MarkUp starts
From 1 comment
I like this a lot, and for quick notes it's easier than Notable. I like the implementation as a bookmarklet, but here are two big problems: 1) Starting MarkUp clears any info…
mmmmax on HN
Requests
Real-time multi-user collaboration
From 2 comments
Great work. Bookmarked it. 2 questions: 1) Is there a way to erase or reset the drawing in case i bungle it up? 2) It'd be brilliant if you could collaborate using the same URL.…
desigooner on HNGreat piece of work. What about using socket.io to provide a real-time collaborative environment? Here is the typical use case: my business partner is in Australia and I'm in…
alexdong on HN
Revision history or same URL for responses
From 2 comments
Thanks for the followup. re. #2, i think even a revision history, keeping the same URL or a list of revisions on the dropdown should be very useful while you develop the entire…
desigooner on HNGreat work. Bookmarked it. 2 questions: 1) Is there a way to erase or reset the drawing in case i bungle it up? 2) It'd be brilliant if you could collaborate using the same URL.…
desigooner on HN
Erase or reset drawing
From 1 comment
Great work. Bookmarked it. 2 questions: 1) Is there a way to erase or reset the drawing in case i bungle it up? 2) It'd be brilliant if you could collaborate using the same URL.…
desigooner on HN
IE8 support
From 1 comment
Do you have any plans to support IE8?
singer on HN
Questions
How screen resolution differences are handled
From 1 comment
How do you deal with the screen resolution problem?
bdr on HN
What happens if the page updates
From 1 comment
What happens if the page gets updated?
shushan on HN
Is there a central place to search marked-up pages
From 1 comment
Fun. Is there a central place where I can search for web pages marked up with this tool?
zwieback on HN
Alternatives named
Twiddla
From 2 comments
Cool. That (drawing on an existing web page to mark it up) is the same use-case we had that led to building Twiddla. It's pretty much the same thing, but realtime & multi-user.…
jasonkester on HNI love twiddla. Fwiw, it runs circles around this.
photon_off on HN
DrawHere
From 2 comments
what about this one? http://drawhere.com/site/www.yahoo.com/
klochner on HNPretty nice, and it's similar. But, no text tools, and no Safari/Chrome support. Also, MarkUp captures the DOM exactly as it is (including stuff loaded in through AJAX), and…
nwah on HN
Coda Notes
From 1 comment
It's pretty similar to Coda Notes, but Markup seems to be much more professional. Also, Coda Notes is only for Safari, so that's one disadvantage they have.
lotusleaf1987 on HN
Awesome Screenshot and Lightshot
From 1 comment
This is awesome. I usually use Awesome screenshot for Chrome - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/alelhddbbhepgpmgidjdcjakblofbmce and Lightshot for OS screenshots…
Keyframe on HN
Diigo
From 1 comment
This is awesome. We use diigo right now for tagging pages and sharing them but it is pretty weak. The ability to login & keep a history of your markups to share with others in…
sv123 on HN